In this engaging activity, AP Psychology students used ArcGIS Online and Survey123 to make connections between geographic locations and students’ emotional responses to those places.

The authors show how elementary-school age students and teachers can use picture books, young adult literature, and poetry to uncover and explore the hidden histories and untold stories of Elizabeth Jennings, Ida B. Wells, Jackie Robinson, Sarah Keys Evans, and Claudette Colvin, among others, and their protests for African Americans’ right to ride in trains, streetcars, buses, and other forms of public transportation. 

Tina M. Ellsworth and Toni Gates center their article around stories of Black joy, agency, and resistance of Black Kansas Citians. Ellsworth and Gates’ collaboration demonstrates how educators can effectively construct partnerships between schools and grassroots organizations. The authors of this piece will guide educators in ways to find local Black history in their cities, show how to draw on the IDM example, and provide lesson suggestions.

A close look at how the Federal Reserve adjusts interest rates to temper inflation can help students comprehend how monetary policy impacts their own lives.

Empowering Student Expression, Action, and Inquiry

In their article, Beau Dickerson and Emma Thacker provide counternarratives to traditional Civil Rights Movement instruction. Their IDM and classroom examples highlight young people’s agency, resilience, and dreams for the future.

Comparing and contrasting today’s economic indicators with the stagflation of the 1970s can give students a better and more nuanced understanding of how the economy actually works.

While some educators raise concerns about the threats to academic integrity posed by artificial intelligence, can digital innovations like ChatGPT revolutionize the way social studies is taught and learned?

The featured photographs by Gordon Parks depicting the lives of African Americans in the 1940s can launch an engaging classroom lesson on Depression-era New Deal programs.